Today in the News: Google announces high-speed Internet finalists

Wednesday

Feb 19, 2014 at 8:00 PM

News to know

Google today announced 34 cities in nine metro areas that it plans to look at for its high-speed Internet service. Google Fiber is 100 times faster than current Internet, according to the company, and costs have been around $70 a month. Want to see if your area is a finalist? Check out the list here.

Quote of note

"We hold the Ukrainian government primarily responsible for making sure that it is dealing with peaceful protesters in an appropriate way, that the Ukrainian people are able to assemble and speak freely about their interests without fear of repression." - President Barack Obama, talking about the violence in Ukraine. Clashes between protesters and government forces are still taking place in Kiev, and yesterday 26 people died.

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